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Swarovski crystal was first created by Daniel Swarovski in 1892 and is manufactured in Austria. It is not a natural crystal, rather it is glass containing about 32% lead oxide and is cut into very precise and beautiful shapes. Swarovski crystals have some of the highest lead content in the market and also great cutting techniques and therefore many consider them to be the highest quality. You can tell if a crystal is an authentic Swarovski crystal as it has a very tiny “kite mark” just near the top near the hole, that looks like a tiny ladder. Sometimes some of their crystals receive a special metallic type coating which can create a new kind of reflection. One kind is Aurora Borealis, or “AB” as it is often referred to, which gives the crystal a kind of rainbow, oil slick kind of appearance on its surface.